"...We recruit a Soldier and retain a Family."
The obvious truth of ihese words by LTG Jack C. Stultz, Chief, Army Reserve, has been evident over the past few years. The frequent deployment of Army Reserve Soldiers has brought home the fact that the Army Reserve is no longer a strategic force in reserve but an active operational part of the Army. Recent deployments have had an obvious impact on Army Reserve Families.
Transformation is a theme for the Army Reserve's current re-invention of itself. The Army Reserve Family Programs office has been going through its own transformation for a number of years now. In the face of an increase in mobilizations since the Global War on Terrorism began, ...